- Date
- September 15, 1964
- Place
- Sierra Vista, AZ · SIERRA VISTA, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80047Beechcraft D18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181619
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2909 64/9/15 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDBEECHCRAFT D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1940 N80047 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 36, 5275 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1164 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIERRA VISTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL UNLOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80047
- Reported as
- Beechcraft D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sierra Vista
N80047Registration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.